Dead Sailor Whose Yacht Washed Ashore in KZN Identified As French National
News24Wire
A dead sailor, found aboard a yacht that washed ashore at a beach in Southbroom on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast on Saturday, has been identified, provincial police have confirmed. Read more »
How I Discovered My Daughter Ochanya Had Been Repeatedly Raped By Her Uncle - Father
Premium Times
The father of the late teenager, Ochanya, has narrated how he discovered that his teenage daughter had been repeatedly raped by her guardian. Read more »
Man Accused of Raping Stepdaughter 900 Times Spends Festive Season Behind Bars
News24Wire
A KwaZulu-Natal man accused of raping his 10-year-old stepdaughter 900 times, is to spend the festive season behind bars after the Verulam Magistrate's Court postponed his case for… Read more »
Striking Doctors 'Forced' to Use Condoms as Protective Gloves
New Zimbabwe
DOCTORS have claimed they are being forced to use condoms when performing examinations due to the shortage of gloves as the ongoing strike by junior General Practitioners enters… Read more »
Father Raped Me, Mother Blamed Me, Said I Can't Tell Anyone - 14-Year-Old Girl
Vanguard
A teenager raped by her father, yesterday, revealed how her mother warned her not to tell anybody about the incident, which made her run away from home. Read more »
Gruesome Discovery As Two Human Legs Found Floating in Dam
News24Wire
Two human legs have been found floating in a Limpopo dam, which police believe may belong to a man reported missing a week ago. Read more »
Sex in a Car in Public Place Not a Crime - Police
Premium Times
It is not a crime in Nigeria to have sex in a car in a public place, the Nigerian police have said. Read more »
Young Ghanaians Want to End Clan Intermarriage Ban
Deutsche Welle
For centuries, members of the Bimoba people in Ghana were forbidden to marry within their own clans. Today, the youth are trying to disengage from this rule. Read more »
FGM Season Underway as Residents Devise New Methods of Beating Ban [analysis]
Nation
Practitioners of female genital mutilation have devised new ways of overcoming a government crackdown on the cultural rite of passage. Read more »
Bobi Wine Beats Jinja Security, Returns to Kampala
Observer
Kyadondo East member of parliament Robert Kyagulanyi had to beat security to elude arrest and return to Kampala from Jinja, where he was blocked by police from performing. Read more »
Federal Govt Sues Shell, ENI U.S.$1.1 Billion Over Malabu Oil Deal
Leadership
The federal government has sued oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Eni SpA and other companies for more than $1 billion over a 2011 oil deal it said was tainted by corruption. Read more »
Nigerian Army Lifts Ban of Unicef After Spy Accusations
Deutsche Welle
Nigeria's army has revoked a ban on UNICEF after claiming it had held workshops to train spies for Boko Haram. The group's Islamist insurgency has killed more than 27,000 people… Read more »
Soul Jah Love Freed On Bail
The Herald
Dancehall artiste Soul Muzavazi Musaki, popularly known as Soul Jah Love, appeared in court yesterday charged with breaching the aviation regulations after he allegedly forced… Read more »
Criminal Libel Law to Be Scrapped - Sierra Leone President Assures [press release]
MFWA
There has been a major boost for the media in Sierra Leone with President Julius Maada Bio promising the imminent repeal of the criminal libel and sedition laws and the creation of… Read more »
Lesbian and Sex Worker at Same Time, Sophie Explains Her Double Life
New Zimbabwe
"It's not like I was forced to do both; it's by choice," says 30-year-old Sophie Moyo, who a lesbian and is into sex work with men. Read more »
